Chords for Tommy Makem - The Minstrel Boy/ Let Erin Remember

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_ _ _ _ _ The minstrel boy [Am] to the war is gone, [F] In the ranks [C] of death you will [G] find [C] him,
His father's sword he [Am] has girded on, And [F] his [C] wild harps long [G] behind [C] him.
_ [Am] Land of songs, [Em] said the warrior bard, [Am] Though all the world [F] _ [C] betrays thee,
One sword at least [Am] thy rights shall guard, [F] One faithful [C] harp [G] shall _ [C] [G] praise thee.
[C] Let Erin remember the days [Dm] of old, [C] Ere her faithless sons [G] betrayed [C] her,
When Malachy wore the colour of [Dm] [C] gold, Which he won from the proud [G] _ _ [C] invader.
[Am] When our kings with [Em] standards [F] of [C] green and furled, Led [Am] the red-branched knights [G] to _ [C] danger,
[Am] Ere the emerald [Em] gem [F] of [C] western world, Was [D] said in the crown [G] of a [C] stranger.
_ On Loch Ness banks [Em] where the [Dm] fisherman strays, [C] When the clear coal [G] leaves declining,
[C] _ [G] [C] He sees the round towers [Em] of [Dm] other [C] days, And the waves beneath [G] him [C] shining.
[Am] Thus shall memory [Em] _ [F] often dream [C] sublime, At a [Am] glimpse of the days [G] that are _ [C] over.
[Am] Thus [Em] sighing through [F] the waves of [C] time, To [D] the long-faded [G] glories they call,
[C] _ [G] [C] The [G] minstrel [Am] fell, but the foeman's chains Could [F] not [C] bring his proud [G] soul [C] under.
The barbed he lumped, near spoke [Am] again, [F] But he tore [C] its [G] cords [C] asunder,
[Am] And said, No chains [Em] shall sully thee, [Am] Thou soul of love [F] and _ [A] bravery,
[C] Thy [Em] strength were made for [Am] the pure and [C] free, They shall [F] _ [C] never sound [G] in slavery.
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